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Living with Nuclear Weapons (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,817
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Living with Nuclear Weapons (Hardcover): Albert Carnesale, Paul Doty, Stanley Hoffmann, Samuel P Huntington, Joseph S Nye,...

Living with Nuclear Weapons (Hardcover)

Albert Carnesale, Paul Doty, Stanley Hoffmann, Samuel P Huntington, Joseph S Nye, Scott D. Sagan; Foreword by Derek Bok

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Harvard president Derek Bok had the idea that the universities should be educating the populace about great social issues, so he called on five of the university's faculty members and one graduate student "to try to supply the public as a whole with an objective account of the basic facts about nuclear arms control that sorted out the various issues and proposals and presented the arguments for and against each position." The naivete of Bok's hope has born fruit in this mushy study, which tries to incorporate everyone's point of view, from Stanley Hoffmann on the near left to Samuel P. Huntington on the more distant right (the others are biochemist Paul Doty, public policy professor Albert Carnesale, political scientist Joseph S. Nye, Jr., and Scott D. Sagan, a political science graduate student and Staff Director of the project). This makes for the kind of study that concludes with advice like this: "Where Americans should stand on the range of moral, political, and strategic dilemmas forced upon us by nuclear weapons must be determined by each individual after careful thought and according to his or her values, judgments, and assumptions." After reviewing, in primer fashion, the history of the arms race and its attendant concepts - which are becoming much more widely understood by the audience this book addresses than the authors seem to think - the study comes to some unremarkable policy conclusions, including support for the concept of deterrence (in accordance with the Catholic bishops' position), endorsement of a stronger conventional force (also as a deterrent, presuming that conventional warfare would come first), advocacy of "crisis stabilization" through arms negotiations, and a more limited and flexible sense of American national interests. This is another of those "realistic" approaches that are so much less interesting, and less thought-provoking, than the pointed arguments of Schell, Zuckerman, Kennan, et al. (Kirkus Reviews)

At the request of the President of Harvard University, six Harvard scholars have joined forces to write a book that lays out the facts about nuclear weapons for all concerned citizens who want to think through the nuclear dilemma for themselves. "Living with Nuclear Weapons" is written by specialists for the general reader. It conveys crucial information clearly, concisely, and without technical jargon.

"Living with Nuclear Weapons" presents all sides of the nuclear debate while explaining what everyone needs to know to develop informed and reasoned opinions about the issues. Among the specifics are a history of nuclear weaponry; an examination of current nuclear arsenals; scenarios of how a nuclear war might begin; a discussion of what can be done to promote arms control and disarmament; a study of the hazards of nuclear proliferation; an analysis of various nuclear strategies; and an explanation of how public opinion can influence policy on the nuclear arms question.

General

Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 1983
First published: June 1983
Authors: Albert Carnesale • Paul Doty • Stanley Hoffmann • Samuel P Huntington • Joseph S Nye • Scott D. Sagan
Foreword by: Derek Bok
Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-53665-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > Nuclear weapons
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > Arms negotiation & control
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LSN: 0-674-53665-7
Barcode: 9780674536654

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